US Patent Issued to TOYOTA JIDOSHA on April 21 for "Deceleration turning assistance device, towed vehicle and coupled vehicles" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,606,135, issued on April 21, was assigned to TOYOTA JIDOSHA K.K. (Toyota, Japan).

"Deceleration turning assistance device, towed vehicle and coupled vehicles" was invented by Hideki Fukudome (Toyota, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A deceleration turning assistance device, includes: braking devices respectively provided at each of a left wheel and a right wheel of a towed vehicle that is configured to be pivotably coupled to a towing vehicle via a coupling portion; and a braking force difference generating portion that, in a case of decelerated turning in a state in which the towed vehicle is coupled to the towing vehicle, is confi...